Nhampossa, Tacilta;
Fernández-Luis, Sheila;
Fuente-Soro, Laura;
Bernardo, Edson;
Nhacolo, Arsénio;
Orvalho, Augusto;
Nhacolo, Ariel;
Saura-Lázaro, Anna;
Lopez-Varela, Elisa;
Naniche, Denise.
Introduction: Manhiça District, in Southern Mozambique harbors high HIV prevalence and a long history of migration. To optimize HIV care, we sought to assess how caregiver's mobility impacts children living with HIV (CLHIV)´s continuation in HIV care and to explore the strategies used by caregivers to ...
Ambulatory Care Facilities,
Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use,
Anti-Retroviral Agents/administration & dosage,
Anti-Retroviral Agents/therapeutic use,
Caregiver Burden/psychology,
Caregivers/psychology,
HIV Infections/therapy,
HIV-1/pathogenicity,
Health Services Accessibility/trends,
Human Migration/trends,
Middle Aged,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Background Palliative care is an essential part of medical practice but it remains limited, inaccessible, or even absent in low andmiddle income countries. Objectives Toevaluate the general knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Mozambican physicians on palliative care. Methods Across–sectional observa...
Palliative Care,
Neoplasms/diagnosis,
Euthanasia/statistics & numerical data,
Hospitals/trends,
Neoplasms,
Physicians/statistics & numerical data,
Surveys and Questionnaires/statistics & numerical data,
Paternalism/ethics,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Aged,
Attitude of Health Personnel,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Middle Aged,
Palliative Care/psychology,
Surveys and Questionnaires
Dengo-Baloi, liliana;
Boothe, makini;
Baltazar, cynthia semá;
Sathane, isabel;
Langa, denise chitsondzo;
Condula, manuel;
Ricardo, helena;
Inguane, celso;
Teodoro, eugénia;
Gouveia, lídia;
Raymond, henry f;
Horth, roberta.
Background: Prior to 2014, data about health seeking behaviors or service uptake for People who inject drugs (PWID) in Mozambique did not exist. We present the results from the formative assessment component of the Biological and Behavioral Survey (BBS). Methods: Standardized interview guides were used d...
Pharmacies/organization & administration,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/statistics & numerical data,
Needle Sharing,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Middle Aged,
Interviews as Topic,
Mental Health Services/organization & administration,
Health Services Accessibility/statistics & numerical data,
Health Behavior,
Harm Reduction,
Focus Groups,
Adolescent,
Qualitative Research,
Social Stigma,
Social Work/statistics & numerical data,
Substance Abuse, Intravenous/epidemiology
A fístula obstétrica continua a ser um problema de saúde comum em países de baixa e média renda,
apesar das tendências de aumento dos partos institucionais nesses países. As circunstâncias socio-comportamentais
em que a fístula ocorre, assim como suas consequências, são pouco documentadas, pri...
Delivery of Health Care/standards,
Delivery, Obstetric/standards,
Health Facilities,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Middle Aged,
Health Services Accessibility,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Obstetric Labor Complications/prevention & control,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology,
Postpartum Period/psychology,
Pregnancy,
Prenatal Care/psychology,
Vesicovaginal Fistula/epidemiology,
Vesicovaginal Fistula/surgery
Obstetric fistula is one of the most devastating consequences of unmet needs in obstetric services. Systematic reviews suggest that the pooled incidence of fistulae in community-based studies is 0.09 per 1000 recently pregnant women; however, as facility delivery is increasing, for the most part, in Afri...
Background In resource-limited countries, CD4 T-cell (CD4) testing continues to be used for determining antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation eligibility and opportunistic infection monitoring. To support expanded access to CD4 testing, simple and robust technologies are necessary. We conducted this st...
Sensitivity and Specificity,
Reproducibility of Results,
Mozambique,
Middle Aged,
Men,
Humans,
HIV Seropositivity,
Allergy and Immunology,
Child, Preschool,
CD4 Lymphocyte Count/instrumentation,
HIV Infections/immunology
Background: Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome are highly underreported and neglected in most sub-Saharan countries and vaccination has not yet been incorporated into their national immunization schedules. In this study, we investigated the frequency of immunoglobulin M antibodies against rubella an...
Middle Aged,
Infant, Newborn,
Immunoglobulin M/blood,
Immunoglobulin G/blood,
Child, Preschool,
Birth Rate,
Antibodies, Viral/blood,
Mozambique/epidemiology,
Pregnancy,
Public Health Surveillance,
Retrospective Studies,
Rubella/epidemiology,
Rubella/immunology,
Rubella/prevention & control,
Rubella Syndrome, Congenital,
Rubella Vaccine,
Seroepidemiologic Studies,
Young Adult
Gillet, philippe;
Annelies, Scheirlinck;
Stokx, jocelijn;
Weggheleire, anja de;
Chaúque, hélder s;
Canhanga, oreana D J V;
Tadeu, benvindo t;
Mosse, carla d d;
Tiago, armindo;
Mabunda, Samuel;
Bruggeman, cathrien;
Bottieau, emmanuel;
Jacobs, jan.
Background: Prozone means false-negative or false-low results in antigen-antibody reactions, due to an excess of either antigen or antibody. The present study prospectively assessed its frequency for malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and Plasmodium falciparum samples in an endemic field setting.
Met...